ilT TOUR OF SCOTLAND. 



1 from 50 to 100 fathoms in depth, fur* 

 niflu-d \viih Ulmon and othr ro the 



ttifli lakes. Its banks, on hot) Vuitful 



Hilous- : the road weftward, is tir, 

 V the windings of the lake, and the ip- 



pcarances of the mounta ; in 



apices, others rifmg gradually, to a ma- 

 height. 



Tht -id of this lake exceeds, in the opinion 



nery of Dimkeld, Blair, or 

 mouth. Here th< and the Lochy, IV 



emulous in dilphiying tlv dive beauties, be- 



fore they are blended with the lake. 



The views of thefe rivers ; of the lake, the ifiands, 

 and the towering mountains, difcovcr, every where, 

 patriotic hand of the late earl of Braedalbane; to 

 \vhofe munificence, the public are alfo indebted for 

 the roads, the bridges, and the commodious inns of 

 this extenfive, but townlefs region. 



Here, at Killin, the traveller may confidcr himfelf 



in the centre of Scotland, and nearly at the medium 



diftance between DunkeUl and Loch Lomond, the 



two main openings into the Highlands, from the 



fouth. The road ftill leads weftward, through Glen- 



dochart and Strathfiilan, watered by the Tay, which 



hath its lource amidft tremendous mountains, whu 



on (lands the inn of Tyndrum, remarkable for being 



the mod elevated habitabic fmiation in the kingdom. 



The waters now take a v/cftern direction through the 



little vale of Glenurchie, till they are loll in I 



Awe, a narrow freih water lake, 24 miles in length, 



ly fhaded with wood, and ornamented with 12 



.!! iflands, whereon are the ruins of a convent, and 



caftlcs. 



nblication of Mr. Pennant's and doftor 

 Johnibn's obiervations on the ecclefiaftical 

 ins at Icolmkill, and particularly fince the dif-, 

 cry of the natural colonnades in the ifland of 

 .ral perfons of diflindion from different 



parts 



